Ben and Leigh

While I'm excited to shoot all of the weddings I have scheduled, I'm always super pumped when it's one at a location in Knoxville that's new to me.  Ben and Leigh got married at Church Street United Methodist.  It has A-MAZING architecture.  OH MY GOODNESS IT'S SICK!!!!  They were the perfect couple for it too.  I mean, when Leigh said that I was the only reason she was getting married so I could do her pictures, I knew we would have fun.  OK, so she didn't say that EXACTLY, but I was in the top 3 reasons (behind Ben....minor detail...whatever).  Also, when we met for the first time, I think we were dressed exactly alike...it was a sign that we were meant to be!  Ben, like most grooms, is not a huge fan of pictures, but he did great!  The bridal party was sick, dresses were sick, Lisa Foster's flowers were sick, reception was at the L&N (sick), The White Table's linens were sick, the DJ (Sound Revue) was sick, Ben's refurbished car was sick, and most importantly, Leigh and Ben were sick.  Now, when I say sick, I mean in a good way....not in an H1N1 kind of way...just clarifying.

ENJOY!!!

I've never done any kind of processing like this before and it took me HOURS.  I'm really happy with the outcome though.  What do you think?

We weren't allowed to shoot in the sanctuary at all during the ceremony.  There is one point where I was allowed to take a picture of Leigh and her dad before they walked in, and these were when I was waiting for the coordinator to wave me over.  Yes, Church Street is strict on the photographers who shoot there, but I didn't mind at all.  I liked working with the coordinator there and I'm thrilled with the shots I was able to get.  If they had not put those restrictions on us, I wouldn't have gotten the shots below which are 2 of my favorites.  I've never been able to shoot anything like these before because I've been in the sactuary for the processional.  So let that be a lesson to you photographers, just because a church restricts what you can do, doesn't mean that you can't turn out something amazing.

It's kind of hard to see, but these are seperate shots.  That's why not everything lines up just right.

Yes, there was one lonely guy out there to catch the garter.  And yes, he missed.

Comments

[Vanessa]

I love your work!! Just beautiful!